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Conneaut Lake 

^11 Around It 
^11 About It 



It is the Lake NoIp 

It is a History 

It is the Lake Souhenir 



It is Copyrighted 

Its Originator is John A. Lahely 

It may he procured gf Him by Mail 

It Costs Tlventy-Tihe Cents 

It is Sold for a Good Cause 

Its Date is 1Q02 

Its place is Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. 



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J. H. CC^K^A TV, Troprietor. 

CONNBAUT LC^KE, PA. 

Rural Tree 'Delivery. 
On the 'East Side, opposite Exposition Tark. 



Mr. Carman has had thirty-five years and his wife twenty years 
of experience in the hotel business, which assures the comfort of 
their guests. The dining-room is the coolest on the lake. The ad- 
vantages are a public dock, telephones (Bell and local), telegraph 
direct from the house, a good camping ground, and livery and feed 
stable in connection. For rates write or telephone. 




Ttie Hotel Carman. 

One of the Most desirable Taints on Conn eaut Lake. 

This is a beautiful level spot, back of which is a grove on one 
side for shade, and a hill on the other for scenery and an outlook. 
The best hunting and fishing on the lake are right adjacent, making 
this in reality "the sportsman's paradise." Being near the Park, to 
be reached by every steamer, it affords opportunity for all the life that 
is going, and at the same time aftords 



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Meadville, Pa. 



FOREWORD. 



THIS little l)0()k is a sketch of Conneatit Lake, 
all arotmd it and all abotit it. The writing of 
it was first proposed by Airs. M. M. Dennis, 
a lad}- of decided historical talent, whose res- 
idence on the beantiful Aldenia Terrace overlooks the 
lake with a most favorable view. Aluch of the mater- 
ial of the book was secnred by her. \\'h()e\'er gains a 
little pleasure from these pages, his thanks are due to 
the good lady who is interested both is her village and 
its visitors. 

It is prepared for the home people as a memento of 
old and i)assing scenes and days and new and ever- 
changing- times. Its gossip and history will interest 
them most. But as a souvenir of the Lake, where a 
day, a week, a season has been pleasantly passed it will 
not be inapi)n)])riate. It will show where the tourist 
has been, and will tell all about the place, in a kind of 
confidential way, and will have the adx-antage of being 
a real local lake souvenir. 

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OUR LAKE. 



A LAKE somehow charms and fascinates, 
and has an attraction pecuharly its own. 

It gathers the forests down to its banks. 

Tlie animals and birds covert and nest 
close to its shores. Around the lake the hunter 
finds his paradise in pioneer days. When the forests 
go and the farms clear up, on the shore of the lake is 
seen the thriving village. When it ceases to draw the 
wild animals, then it attracts the city crowd. W^hen 
the waterfowl leave, then the pleasure boats come. 
Where the dense forests stood dark, cottages show 
bright and fair. Where the Indian hunter's wigwam 
was .seen, the summer hotel flourishes. This little word 



*Ihe Ramsey Hou^e, IZZ^^J^tl 

On south side of Lake. Ra^tes S1.50 per day. 

A pleasant and desirable place 
to spend the summer vacation. 

Good livery in connection with the 
hotel, also livery at Exposition Park 
under the same careful management. 

Correspondence solicited. 

Ch&^rley W. Ramsey, Proprietor. 



THE PARK HOUSE 

EXPOSITION PARK, PA= 



Tmblle Board ai Specialty. 



0. W, PHELPS, Proprietor. 

sketch is true of our Conneaut Lake. Kon-ne-yaut, 
Snow Place. That is the name the Seneca Indians 
called the lake "from the fact that the snow remained 
on the ice of the lake after it had disappeared from the 
surrounding- lands." 

An old romance describes the lake as seen by one 
long- ago. "The lake appeared as a brilliant gem with 
a brilliant setting of green. As the broken and 
detached clouds floated over, producing alternately flit- 
ting shadows and bursts of sunshine, the water varied 
its color, often changing its blue to a darker or lighter 
shade, and sometimes gleaming with a silvery bright- 
ness. The background presented an ever green for- 
est." — From "Konneyaut Lake," by William McMich- 
ael. One who loved this lake has said in its praise, 
"Legends have been told, pages written and songs sung 
•of Conneaut Lake, and yet justice has never been done 
it. When the Hand which made the world fashioned 
its forests and streams, its mountains, vallevs and 



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On the Avenue near Picnic Grounds. 

ALL KINDS OF 

Rcfrcshmciits and Soft Drinl^s. 

Hot Coffee for Picnickers a Specialty. 
Lodging and Boarding at a Quiet Cottage. Enquire for Rates. 

ANDREW KESSEL. Exposition Park. 




The Victoria Inn. 



The VICTORIA INN. 

Exposition Park, Pa. 



Furnished Rooms with Board. Rates Reasonable. 

Facing Mantor Park, with Elegant 

Lawns and Flower Plots. 

MISS M. L. LAWRENCE. 



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The Aiding' Cottage, F. F. Foiist, Proprietor. 



MEAT MARKET, 



W. B. BROWN, 
Proprietor. 



Conneaut Lake, Pa. 



All Kinds of Fresh and Salt MeatSt 

Western and Domestic. Fresh Fish at all Seasons. 



We have the Park Privilege, but meat will be promptly delivered 
anywhere around the lake. 



plains, some were left barren of beauty, while to others 
were given that sublime grandeur found only in nature, 
and this pretty lake was one of the favored spots." 

Well favored are the hill tops of Crawford, ever to 
overlook this bright lake. You see it for miles from 
any little rise in the road. You get used to the fact in 
local geography, but you never get used to the new 
turn the sentiment takes in your soul, as day by day 
you look and quietly remark, "There's the lake." A 
bright enthusiastic girl cried out : "The lake never 
grows old; it is new every time I see it." 

Try a look at it from the dome of the Auditorium 
Hall. Study it under cover of the pavilion at the 
Outlet. Enjov one of its gorgeous sunsets. "At that 
time the skv i)uts on its various garbs of color, now 
aml^er and gold, and again in a moment the flush of a 
dogrose, flecked with all the hues of the prism. And 
when the sun finally sinks to rest, the cloud masses in 
the western sky change in form and color, and arrange 
themseh'es again and again with kaleidoscopic vari- 
ety. " 




Hot Tea and Coffee for Picnickers a Specialty 

Warm Meals on Time, and Lunch at Ail Hours. 

Toust Restaurant, 

F. F. FOUST. Proprietor. 

ALL KINDS OF 

Fruit, Soft Drinks, Candies, 
Cigars, Ftc. 

Exposition Park, Pa. 

Second door to the left, on the Avenue from Depot 
to the Park. BEST OF TABLE SERVICE. 







THE LAKE BY MOONLIGHT. 



T' HE sight is like an enchanter's dream. It is 
not an Arabian Night's Entertainment, but 
is more picturesque and beautiful. There is 
not the mystery that moves in Irving's 
"Alhambra by Moonlight," but this is far more enjoy- 
able. From steamer or rowboat the scene is delight- 
ful. The pale hazy light is over everything. The gor- 
geousness and glow, and golden and rose of the sun- 
set has gone. This scene of Luna and the lake is a 
picture in water. On the east shore the forests and 
cottages rise up as subdued landscape views ; and down 
in the smooth water is repeated in reflection the same 
picture, with white gravel beach-line between; clear 
around the lake, you see the wonderful double viev/ 
of all that is upon the shores. Looking from along the 
east side, over toward the center of the lake is thrown 
the dark shadow of the west line, and beyond this, 
nearer the shore, is the light of the moon gleaming on 
the ripples. Here and there a little zone of breeze 
passes over the water and changes the moon's silvery 
glint to dark. And all the mystery of cloud in the sky 
you see reflected in the lake's fair face. It is all a 
picture of Nature's fairest vision. 

^Charles t. Barrow, 

Manufacturer of 

poller ^leur, ^eed and Meal, 

And £)eakr in '5rain. 

Custom Grinding a Specialty. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 

9. ^. ylddres^, ^onncaut %ake, 9a. 





HE BATHING ^ ^ 

Of course is very popular. The beach 
descends gradually so that ladies and children 
can wade to any desired depth with perfect safety. 
Hundreds may be seen splashing in the water. New 
suits, new toboggans and floats have been added. Patrons 
can rely on receiving prompt and courteous attention. 

Season tickets can be had at reasonable rates by 
applying to the 

0i 0i Connee^ut Lake Bd^thing Co. 



ORIGIN OF THE LAKE. 

ONNEAUT LAKE belongs to what geolo- 
gists call the drift-lakes. It is the deepest of 
its class in the world, being in places one 
hundred feet deep. Drift is matter borne by 
the great ice-sheet which, in glacial times, moved south- 
eastward over Erie and Crawford counties. These 
glaciers traveled slowly, — perhaps only a few inches, 
at most little over a foot in a year ; but they moved 
with power, and, like the mills of the gods, ground 
small everything in the way. And this ice-mill gath- 
ered up its mighty grist, all as toll, and carried it along. 
There was blue-white clay, fine and coarse sand, pol- 
ished ]jebbles and boulders of granite and gneiss. That 
is northern glacial drift. When the ice melted and the 
glacier retreated, the drift material was deposited just 
where it had been carried and held. 

The geologists tell us that before the Glacial Age 
there was a mighty valley stretching along Conneaut 
Outlet, Conneaut Lake, and Conneaut Marsh, and that 
through this valley a great river coursed over a rock 
bed, and bore its waters into Lake Erie. That means 
that French creek, and Oil creek, and Allegheny river 
were drained through this valley, in a direction oppo- 
site from what they now run. This is a most interesting 
fact. Then came the glacial winter of the world : 
thousands of feet of accumulated snow and ice upon 
the mountains ; the slow advance of the continental 
glacier, occupying the whole landscape east and west. 
Rivers were dammed back, forest-covered ]')lains were 
converted into an inland sea. Then imagine the slow 
retreat of the ice meteor ; every trace of it melts ; it* 
burden of debris falls and fills the valley. At some 
places this drift matter is more abundant than at others, 
so moraines or walls are formed across the buried val- 
ley. The country receives another appearance and 
another elevation. The dammed up waters cannot 
pass to their old outlet ; but they gather volume and 
force and break through their walls of drift and travel 
slowly or more rapidly the other way. Hence the mod- 
ern drainage of our northwestern Pennsylvania. Hence 
the formation of our fair lake held by its drift wall 
across the old buried valley. 

Though still the largest in Pennsylvania, and beau- 
tiful as a gem, this lake is but a delightful remnant of 

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I^CholS TlaCe, ^•^chols,Trop^r. 

Exposition Park, Pa. 

Fruit and Lunch Stand. 

Near Railroad. Electric Lights. Neat, attractive and 
obliging attendants. Everything clean and fresh. Also 
a fine line of Cigars and Soft Drinks. Ponce de Leon 
Carbonated Waters a Specialty. Hot Coffee furnished 
for picnic parties. Prices to suit the times. 

the ancient lake of this still older and famous valley. 
The marshes extending three miles north of the head 
of the lake show its former limit there. A natural 
embankment, or moraine of drift fifteen or twenty feet 
high, lying across the valley at Glendale, above French 
Creek, forming a dam to the marsh which extends up 
to the foot of the lake, shows its limit there. The 
ancient lake was, therefore, at least fourteen miles in 
length, or al)out the size of Chautaucjua Lake. 

Conneaut Lake is, since lowered, 1,070 feet above 
tide, 497 feet above Lake Erie. It occupies a low 
chvide, for out of the marsh to the north emerges Con- 
neaut creek, which flows into Lake Erie. The drift 
through this valley is probably very deep. It has been 
tested in a drill-hole with a thickness of one hundred 
and eighty-seven feet, and the hills above lake level are 
three hundred feet high. Splendid buried valley of 
the famous old Allegheny, perhaps five hundred to 
eight hundred feet deep ! 

The lake is three and one-half miles long by one 
mile wide. It is in depth from five to one hundred feet, 

PETER MILLER'S 

Shoe Emporium. 

Leaders in the Finest and Latest Styles 
of Footwear. 

Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. 

939 Water St., Meadville, Pa. 

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with sudden pliing-es from shallowest to deepest. Its 
bottom presents an uneven surface of hill and valley, 
of dells and caves and grottos, over which the steamer 
goes and among which all the tribes of the lake live. 
In the marsh there are marl-beds and peat formations 
interesting for study. And a scientist, of Philadelphia, 
reports that the shells from Conneaut Lake are repre- 
sentative of existing species which ought to be found 
in the waters of the lake. 

Thus, through a wonderful course of nature dur- 
ing many ages, has come this lake to be a thing of 
beauty and a joy forever to all who come to inhale the 
health of its waters, to disport themselves with its fish 
and its fowl, and to pass pleasant hours on its smooth 
surface, along its gravelly beaches and grassy terraces. 
Born of a glacier, named " Konneyaut," "Snow Place," 
reduced to convenient size and fed of springs of water 
bubbling up from the deep old valley through the sand 
and gravel of the thick laid drift of the glacier, it ought 
to be a cool retreat for all from the over-heated cities, 
with their typhoid water and eternal noises. 

THE LORD HOUSE, 

CONNEAUT LAKE, PA. 

Maria R. Lord, Proprietress. 

Furnishes Home- Like Services to Summer 
Tourists. Comfortable and Cool Rooms. A 
Beautiful Private Park, shaded with trees for 
hammocks, and furnished with croquet. 

Nearest Hotel to Depot and Boat Landing. 

Good Table. Reasonable Rates. Open all the 
Year. Good Feed Stable in Connection. 






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A CHAPTER FOR SPORTSMEN. 



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HE old settler on the lake can give accounts of 
tishing and hunting that would make the pro- 
fessionals and amateurs of today wish for the 
former days upon this water. Mr. Adam 
Foust is one of the oldest residents. He is bright and 
alert, between seventy and eighty, and connects the 
past with the present. 

Mr. Foust enjoys the distinction of having cap- 
tured the largest fish ever taken out of Conneaut Lake. 
It was a muscallonge, weighing fifty-one pounds, which 
he speared one night by torch light forty-five years 
ago. He says there were "quantities" of fish then. "No 
trick at all to go out and catch a couple of bushel of 
nice bass." 

And there were duck in those days, too! His 
father's house was near the lake, where it had been 
raised for the canal reservoir. He says, "Where I was 
born, you could hoist the windows and put out your 
gun and shoot duck almost any time of day." He 
tells of one grand shot one day at duck. They were 
the large red-headed ducks rarely seen now. He was 
out with a big swivel gun, which he was carrying over 
his shoulder. He came across an immense flock feed- 
ing near shore. With a rest across a stump, he cut 
loose with the swivel gun. Twenty-six ducks were 
killed outright, weighing seventy-five pounds. A 
very good shot ! If anyone disputes the veracity of this 
history, let him interrogate Mr. Foust at his beautiful 
home called "Shore Acres," opposite Expo. Park. 

That ducks are not so numerous as they once were 
goes without saying. But there is shooting here, that 
is w'orth a long journey to enjoy. The writer does 
not claim to be instructed in this sport, but the ducks 
were plentiful enough on the lake this year to make 
the shooting sound like a battle at daybreak, and there 
is evidence to prove that the ducks did not all get away 
from our "serene duck hunters." as Grover Cleveland 
denominates them. 

And the fishing is superlx The following illustra- 
tions and facts show that. Each season adds some 
trophy to the record of big fish. A clipping from the 
Morning Star, of Meadville, October 26, 1899, tells a 
story of rare interest : 

"The largest fish caught in Conneaut Lake for 
manv years was captured Wednesday by C. P. Mc- 
Curdy, of this city, after a fight of an hour and a half. 




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With Charles Neice handHng the oars, Mr. McCiirdy 
was fishing in the basin near the Hnidekoper boat 
house, when liis bait, a large chub, was taken. The 
fish was very quiet, and gave no indication that he was 
a record breaker until after he was hooked. Then the 
fun began in earnest, and for over an hour it was a 
contest of skill against strength, the victory finally 
going to the fisherman. During the fight the lake was 
crossed, and the muscallonge was landed on the beach 
near Stewart's cottage, Mr. McCurdy going into the 
water to his waist to get him ashore. 

"Its weight is thirty-five pounds and six ounces, 
and it measures forty-seven inches in length. ]\Ir. 
McCurdy expects to have the fish moimted for a trophy, 
and it is a trophy that many fishermen would give con- 
siderable to possess. The fish holds the record in 
recent years, about three pounds heavier than the one 
caught by Mr. Griffin, of Pittsburg, a few weeks ago. 

"As far as is known by sportsmen, Mr. McCurdy's 



The Log Cabin^ 



Exposition Park, Pa* 

R. C. JACKSON, Prop. 



Milk^ Cream and Buttermilk. 

Wholesale and Retail. Exclusive privilege. 

Milk Shake, Ice Cream, Dairy 
Lunches. Lunches of all kinds. 
Good Cigars and Good Tobies. 

SOFT DRINKS OF ALL KINDS. 



F. G. PRENATT, 

"The Big Store," 

Tailor, Clothier 
AND Furnisher. 

220 Chestnut St., Meadville, Pa. 

fish is the largest caught in Conneaut Lake with hook 
and Hne within the memory of the present generation." 

Mr. McCurdy's fish was mounted and may be seen 
at the house of the Iroquois Boating Ckib. It was 
photographed from the mounting and appears in the 
illustration. 

The fish caught by Herman Griffin and Jack 
Stewart, with Neal McKay rowing, was taken near 
the same time, opposite Adam Foust's, one-third of 
the way toward the Expo, ice-houses. To land him 
required a contest of an hour and a half. He weighed 
over thirty-two pounds, and was the longest and sec- 
ond largest fish ever taken in the lake. This fish is 
now on exhibition at the Carnegie Museuin in Pitts- 
burg. 

The largest muscallonge for 1901 was taken by 
John B. Long, of Harmonsburg, and measured forty- 
one and one-half inches, and weig^hed twenty pounds. 
F. G. Prenatt, the popular Meadville merchant, on 
October 17, 1901, captured a fine one weighing over 
nineteen pounds. Ed H. Shartle, of Meadville, and 

000 Arlong'ton Hotel 000 

CoooeaiMt Lake, PemiinisylvainiDa ■ 

T. J. MILLER, Proprietor, 
Rates $1.00 per day. Single Meals 35 cents. 

Centrayy Locatedo 

Large Hall for entertainments in connection. 

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YOU GET 



AT THE 

Tonsorial 
Parlor 



OF 



Will Bealer. 

Will Bealer, Conneaut Lake. 

Also HIGH-GRADE CIGARS. 

Agency Meadville Steam Laundry. 




Harvey Allen. 



Cal McKay, a guide on the lake, late in September of 
the same year, made the fine catch of seventeen and 
eight poimds respectively, as seen in the illustration. 
The largest of the two fish — a 20-pounder — in the cut 
with Charles Neice, caught one Thanksgiving Day. 
occasioned one of the most difficult contests ever had 
on tlie lake. Mr. Neice was alone, and had to manage 
both boat and fish, but succeeded in landing the fish 
after a hard struggle. 

It is a glorious sport. All, even the gentler sex, 
engage in it, and the ladies have placed large catches 
to their credit. Study the "Guide to the Fishing" in 
this book, or, better still, get a guide to advise you in 
the tussle if you "strike" a big one, and try this most 
invigorating and exciting lake sport. 




nev commercial hotel 

CONMEAUT Lnr\E, PA. 



OPEN : ALL : THE : TEAR 



ROUND. 



Good table . Reasonable rates, day or 

week Special attention and accom- 

modations for summer boarders . • . Good 
feed stable accommodations in connection. 



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ED. MELLON, PROPRIETOR, 



A Guide to the Fishing.— The Bar^ is.ll 
Designated and Lined. 



MR. NEAL McKAY is called "Farmer" because 
he farms the lake and knows it as well as any 
farmer does his lo-acre meadow. Mr. Mc- 
Kay is the most experienced guide on the 
lake since the famous Phil Miller's day. In company 
with Mr. McKay the writer explored and mapped the 
principal bars of the lake, and the following points for 
fishermen are supposed to be authentic : 

Tlic Club House Bar. Lining up with a small 
round clump of pine trees, and the Iroquois Boating- 
Club is a bar extending from the west shore, in a 
\^-shape, two-thirds across the lake, where may be 
taken bass, salmon, sunfish. or any fish found in the 
lake except pike or muscallonge. 

The Cottonwood Bar. Above the little point on the 
Pluidekoper shore, close to the beach, there is a clump 
of small trees. These are the cottonwoods. The bot~ 
tom at this point is a delightful white sand, very popu- 
lar with bathers. Here begins the Cottonwood Bar, 
lining with the northmost trees of the cottonw^oods 
and Douglass Stewart's rustic log cabin, of the Stewart 
cottages, and extending from the west one-third across 
the lake. 

Finn Difcli. A ditch which Mr. Huidekoper 
secured excavated by a number of Finns some years 
ago. It extends to the railroad. Here are some fine 
fishing grounds. Near the shore is the Celery Weed, 
fine place for sunfish ; further out. bass. This is Huid- 
ekoper Basin. Just outside of the line of the basin and 
lining with Finn Ditch, about ten rods north of cotton- 
woods and the Stewart cottages, was taken Mr. Mc- 
Curdy's big muscallonge. 

Wolf Island Bar. Ten rods below Huidekoper cot- 
tage is a little tree back a little from the shore, white at 
the root ; lining this with J. B. Shea's cottage, and lin- 
ing the point of Wolf Island with the pavilion at the 
Outlet finds a bar with many quite large rocks at bot- 
tom. Here are salmon and bass, etc. 

Col. Richmond's Barrel. This is a noted place for 
black bass and salmon; there is stone bottom. Col. 
Richmond had a place where he would catch twenty or 
thirtv big bass in an afternoon. Mr. D. A. Gill's 
father used to say that the colonel and his companions 
had a barrel of bass come in from Erie, and showed 
these up as their catch. Once Mr. Gill was with them 




Mr. Jcilin B, Long's Catch. 



Long's 
..Cafe.. 

Lunch and 
Ice Cream 



Exposition 
Tark... Ta. 



The proprietor of "Long's Cafe" is Mr. J. B. Long, who 
was the hicky captor of the largest muscallonge 
of 1 901, shown on this page. 




Neal McKay, the Lake Guide. 
24 



W. W. WILT. Photogri>.pher. 




fishing at this favorite point, and he said, after a little 
time, "Colonel, when do you open your barrel?" Just 
then he got a bite and landed a fine one. And soon a 
big string was caught. To find it, line up from point 
of WoU Island to point of Horse Shoe where there 
are some little trees, just inside that line, two-thirds 
toward south point of Horse Shoe. 

From the north point of Horse Shoe Basin, clear 
around the lake past the Exposition Grounds to the 
boat houses above H. H. Meyer's cottage, there is good 
fishing. Most of the pike taken in the lake are taken 
along this shore. 

Lojie Tree Bar. The lone tree stands just north of 
a grove. Line from this across to Carman Hotel ; 
north and south, dome of theater at Park and east ele- 
vator of ice house at Outlet. Here is a bar of two 
acres of eight fo<ot water, stone bottom wath some 
weeds north end ; good for all kinds of fish. 



Fine Photos, Tintypes and Views. 

Views of Camps and Groups a Specialty. 



CAMERAS . . . PLATES . . . AND . . . FILMS. 
DEVELOPING . . . PRINTING . . . AND . . . FINISHING. 



Galleries: Opposite the Dance Hall, Exposition Park, 
and at Linesville, Pa. 



Have your tintypes made while at the l&.ke. 

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Caught by 

C. Neice, alone. 

on 

Thanksgiving Day, 

1900. 



Mr. Ed. Sharfle's 
Fine Catch. 




DO YOU EAT? 



We have a full assortment of Groceries and Pro- 
visions. Also Cooking Utensils for Campers' 
Outfits. Gasoline and Kerosene. 

RESTAURANT AND DINING-ROOM. 



J. L. McCAFFERTY, EXPOSITION PARK. 

NEAR RAILROAD STATION. 

Grass Bar. Line from l^oat house to Adam Foust's 
on east side, one-third of the distance across from Park. 
Pike, sunlish and green bass. 

Ncicc's Bar. Lines, east elevator of ice house and 
cluirch spire at Harmonsburg, easily visible; east and 
west, lone tree and Carman's, one-third distance from 
Carman's ; a diagonal line, tree by Billy Foust's house, 
back from Meyer's cottage, and a dead tree on Wolf 
Island. Here is a bar of ten acres, oblong north and 
south, c|uite deep, sand and blue clay, some rocks, 
splendid fishing. 

Alidzvay Bar. Fifteen acres, five feet of water and 
deeper; gravel, some weeds on south side; all kinds of 
tish in lake ; for bass, fish in the deep water ofT the bar. 
Lines : upper part of bluff by Midway, one-third dis- 
tance out from Midway ; east elevator of ice house and 
church spire at Harmonsburg. 

There is weed bottom from Midway to Garber's 
point, and gravel bottom to Dreutlein's cottages. 
There is a bar for good fishing in the basin from Iro- 
quois Club house to point north of the ice house basin. 
This basin is also the scene of famous fishing. Sev- 
eral O'f the best fishermen, including Colonel Rich- 
mond, have had strikes from a fish here so large and 
gamey that they would give much to land him. 

Daqiicsnc Kcstaarant. 

[Irs. J. S. McDowell, Proprietress — 

A GOOD LUNCH 

SODA WATER AND ALL SOFT DRINKS 

THE riNKST CIGARS A SPECIALTY. 

On ParK dvenae, across fron\ tl\e Railroad Station. 



A GLIMPSE AROUND THE LAKE. 



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ASIDE from Conneaut Lake village and Expo- 
sition Park, there are points that deserve 
many good words. The Iroquois Boating 
Club has a delightful view of the lake, and its 
background is tlie beautiful Conneaut Lake Park. 
There is the Conneaut Lake Hunting and Fishing 
Club, Avhose headquarters is the former New Lakeview 
Hotel, above Oakland Beach. All along the delight- 
ful gravel beach on the east side are cottages, on high 
pine bluff or down in sheltered dell, or partially hid 
away among the forest trees. Some of these summer 
homes are quite stately; all of them are cosy and com- 
fortable. There is now almost an unbroken row of 



contiguous summer houses. 



First at the head of the lake is "Shore Acres," the 
delightful home boarding house of Mr. Adam Foust. 
Then next is the Hotel Carman, further down is Hotel 
Oakland, and then the Midway Hotel. All these are 
famous points for the up-to-date and genial entertain- 
ment of guests, and whose proprietors have the fullest 
faith of the further development of this lake as a sum- 
mer resort. So important have these points become 
that Oakland and Midway are very well-known names 
upon the lake. On the west shore there is the Huide- 
Iroper cottage, recently moved and rebuilt on a beautiful 
knoll that used to be an island when the lake was up. 




C. p. McCurdv's Fine Catch. The largest ever taken wiii 






t. C. i-rLiuus l-:s:i. 
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OUR NAVY. 



ONNEAUT LAKE has long been the scene of 



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I \^ I an extensive navigation. The first boat 
was a bark canoe paddled by an Indian, 
or a log dug-out propelled by an early 
settler. These early craft sped silently across 
the lake's smooth surface, were drawn up among 
the underbrush at some bayou or inlet for concealment 
until their occupants returned on their way from hunt- 
ing or from journey. 

But today the navy of this lake numbers nearly 
three hundred craft, including row-botits, sail-boats, 
naptha and gasoline launches, steamboats, public and 
private. Tlie canoe and the dug'-out, the Indian and 
early settler have gone; but this magnificent fleet is 
here, for pleasure and use, operated by captains and 
crews at once genial and accomodating. And they 
have made a record that is without an accident or death 
to mar the pleasure of a prospective steamer trip 
around the lake. The greatest crowds have been han- 
dled with ease and perfect safety by the careful men of 
our lake navigation. The shores of the lake are dotted 
with numerous docks, where the steamers touch on 
their regular trips, or where they will pick up or leave a 
party at any time by special arrangement. 

The history of the l)oats that have served here is 
sacred to the ones who have owned or known them, 
and will be interesting to those who see the fleet of 
today. A number of boats have come and gone. Not 
even the names of the two earliest steamers are remem- 
bered. They were o^wned by pleasure parties, one 
from Pittsburg, the other from Erie. Probably the 
first boat running for the accommodation of the pub- 
lic was the Battelle, a little pleasure launch owned by 
Mr. Battelle. Other boats that have served their day 
and have been worn out on the lake, transferred to 
some other body of water, or rebuilt into something 
better are the following : the Tuna, a side wheeler, 
owned by Maguire, Whiting and George DeArment ; 
the Keystone, side wheeler and double decker. David 
Chidester ; the Fearless, Beeman and Dickson, of Mead- 
ville: the Queen, large double decker, James Johnson; 
the Marguerite, Charles Neice ; Big Finn, brought from 
Ashtabula and taken back in two years, Walter Whelp- 
ley ; Nickle Plate, large double decker, Beeman and 
Dickson, afterwards Beeman alone ; the Oriole of Pitts- 
burg, Lewis Caldwell. 



J^f i(ou want a gccd time 

GET A RUBBER BALL 
FROM THE RUBBER MAN 
UNDER THE RUBBER TREE 

While i(ou are at the 9ark 

Sail boats have been used in the passenger service. 
Tiie Harriet, Waher \Vhelpley, Gazelle, David Chides- 
ter; Little Finn. \\\ W'helpley; the Swan, C. Neice, 

The fleet of today, bright and fair with fresh paint, 
safe and strong with new machinery, and brilliantly 
lighted with kerosene, acetylene or electricity, and 
equipped for 1902, is composed of vessels familiar to 
e\'ery boy and tourist on the lake. The Swan, first a 
sail boat on Lake Erie, now the splendid little steamer 
owned and operated by Captain D. O. Dyer ; the Super- 
ior, first by A. C, Huidekoper, then by Leonard Allen, 
now by Ted Moss, of Moss Bros. ; the Trilby, bearing 
the name of that famous book, was the Harriet by C. 
Neice, now by Captain Charles Shellito. who has 
changed from the navigation of the old canal to the 
new lake ; the Storm of Pittsburg, formerly the Oriole, 
a fine marine steel boat. Captain Thomas Sullivan, of 
Mead\-!lle; the L-oquois is the ])ride of Midway, whose 
owner. Captain Harry Ouigley, is the son of Air. Amos 
Ouigley, proprietor of the Midway Hotel ; the Con- 
neaut, named after the lake where she has the record 
of being a splendid boat, was built here by \\'. Whelp- 
ley, and enters upon the season in the hands of her 

00. TIME 0.0 

Great =Westere 

^ BaM Game ^ 

Run by the inventor, Mr, R, C. Christy. 



Near the Boat Pavilioim, Exposltioini Park. 



Glenn's Steam Laundry 



MEADVILLE. PENNSYLVANIA^ 



THIS is in all respects a leading and foremost 
business house, where the best of work is al- 
ways done. There is no tearing of garments 
OR BREAKING OF COLLARS. All work is donc at 
moderate prices. Mr. Glenn always aims to do 
satisfactory work. Special attention is paid to family 
washings, also shirts, collars and cuffs, ladies' shirt waists, 
pillow shams, embroidered articles, etc. Will be in your city 
three times a week and can call for and deliver all goods free. Give 
your laundry to us and you can depend upon first-class work. 

W. J. Glenn, Proprietor. 

•Phone 235-2. 

owners, McMaster & Keller, ably assisted by the cap- 
tain's son ,Alpheus. The newest name borne by any 
of the fleet is the "Bessemer," — a word that has come 
out of the steel rail process, to mean something espec- 
ially good. This boat is the Nickel Plate rebuilt and 
remodeled. In the hands of her new owner. Captain 
S. A. Harshaw, she is expected to make a fine record 
this season. There is the small, but lively steamer 
Marie making her second summer on the lake. Her 
captain is Mr. Fred Pearse. 

There are several more small sail boats and launches 
kept at private docks for the pleasure of cottagers or 
club men. There are probably two hinidred and fifty 
row boats on the lake, kept at the Park, at all the lake 
hotels and at the Outlet. 




Summer ResiJciKc of C.iptaiii Thomas Sulliwin (if the S'.eamer Storm. 
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DO NOT FAIL TO GO TO THE 

Vienna Bakery ai]d Rcstaarant 

FOR YOUR 



Pies and Cakes of all kinds. 

The Only Home-Madc Bread. Lunch served at ali hours, day or night. 

Extra fine Chocolates and Cigars. Delicious Soda Water and Ice 

Cream. Fruits of all kinds in their season. Special attention 

given to pleasure-seekers. Give us a trial order. 

JAMES G. ALLEN, Conneaut Lake, Pa. 






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A clause from the will 
qf a great financier j^ 

The late Frederick D. Tappan, president of the Gallatin National Bank of 
New York Ciiy, instructs his executors by a codicil to his last ''will and testa- 
ment" to invest his estate only in those securities included in the list of invest- 
ments made by the MUTUAL LIFE OF NEW YORK. Another tribute 
from the financial world to the record of stability and careful management of 



^e Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 



Largest and safest in the world. Assets $358,000,000. 



THE "SEA SERPENT." 

C""^ONNEAUT LAKE is not behind the great 
. I ocean summer resorts in this, as in many 
^r-j^l other particulars. There is a "sea serpent" 
^^^^\ in the lake. It has been seen by numerous 
parties from the moving steamers. It looks like a 
great section of a telegraph pole. It does not simply 
float ; it moves, and then disappears when attention is 
getting too closely focused upon it. There is no ade- 
quate description of it, and there has been no very sat- 
isfactory sight of it. The whole subject is a little misty, 
and on account of the condition of the sources from 
which this history has been drawn, the historian can- 
not give the name of any person to vouch for the ser- 
pent or for the authenticity of the account : but the 
importance of the matter re(|uires its introduction at 
about this point in the book. 



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District Agent, Mutua^l Life, 

Meadville, Pennsylvd^nia^. 



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School of /l&ueic 

an^ 2)rainatic Hit 




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J. H. KOWALSKI, Director. 



A Music School and Home for Out-of-Town 
Students. Music in all its branches taught by 
competent masters. Open the year round. 



902 Diamond Park, 



MEADVILLE, PA. 




Hotel Oakland. 




Hotel Oakland, Annex No. 2, 28 Rooms. 



Hotel 0&.kld.nd a large hotel, with Annex Nos. 

1 and 2 for rooms. Shadiest, cool- 
est, with the best water on the lake. Fine dancing hall. Fleet of 
row boats in connection with hotel. Long distance telephone. All 
steamers land. Rates very reasonable. 

S. McGUIRE, Proprietor. 



ABOUT THE LAKE. 

NEAR the head of Conneaut Lake, and on the 
west shore is Exposition Park. The Park is 
one of Nature's beauty spots. The Exposition 
is one of the brilliant ideas from the brain 
of Colonel Erank Mantor. He is the founder. 
Mr. Mantor was a progressive man, always active and 
energetic. He held many ol^ces and appointments of 
honor and trust ; he was a member of two constitu- 
tional conventions — in Alinnesota and in Pennsylvania. 




Col. Frank Mantor, Founder of the Park. 

In his death the people of this state lost a great bene- 
factor. And no one shall ever know what Conneaut 
Lake lost when he passed away with the plans of his 
fertile genius hardly begun. 

The writer called at the house of Mrs. Mantor, in 
Conneautville, Pa., to interview her in reference to the 
early history of the Park. She was found to be still 
an amiable, enthusiastic lady, and still imbued with the 
spirit of the ])lans to which she and her noble husband 
liad devoted themselves. 

The first thought of an exposition on the shores 

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Millers' Dining Hall. 

Millers* New Dining Hall At the Boat Landing, Exposition Park, 

is the most complete and up-to-date 

dining hall and restaurant on the Park. Cooled by electric fans. 

Special attention given to private dancing parties for dinner or lunch. 




Millers' Fruit House. 

Exposition Fruit House and Ice Crea.m Parlors, opposite Dancing 
Pavilion California Fruits in season Fine 
Confectionery. Complete in line of Soft Drinks Specialties;; Sae- 
gertown Mineral Water, Ginger Beer and Soda Water. Pop-Corn 
Fritters at stand at right of entrance to Boat Pavilion 

millers' pl.^ces are the most popular at the park. 

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H. B. TERRILL, 



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Opposite Depot, just east of railroad. 



A GOOD LUNCH 

At any time and at a reasonable price. 



of Conneaut Lake came to Mr. Mantor when he visited 
the famous \\'illiams Grove Association, south of 
Harris])urg-. He studied the plans of that institution 
witli the superintendent, Mr. S. R. Thomas. So Wil- 
hams Grove became his model. But this his ideal 
would eclipse, for finer and ampler grounds could be 
found on his native lake, and his plans were broader. 
His ideal was to found an institution to exhibit the 
products, stock, machinery and industries of the peo- 
ple of western Pennsylvania, and of everywhere else. 
There were near by several famous stock farms. Mil- 
ler & Sibley, of Franklin : Powell Brothers, of Shade- 
land; A. C. Huidekoper's Little ^Missouri Stock Farm, 
at Conneaut Lake. Mr. Mantor would gather from 
these and from everywhere else into an annual exposi- 
tion. It was to be similar to a fair, (Mily broader. 

His ideal included the Chautaucjua idei. He would 
have the best L-ct ires that could be had on the sub- 
jects of the day. He would have a summer school for 
teachers, where they might fit themselves for better 
work in their profession. And Air. Mantc^r did not 



"Shore Acres" 

THE ADAM FOUST HOME FOR 
ROOMS AND BOARD. 



A quiet place for fannilies and others who wish to rest 



Opposite Exposition Park, Conneaut Lake, Pa., R.F.D. 
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Bowling Alley 

Delightful Exercise for Ladies and 
Gentlemen while at the Lake. 



NEXT TO MERRY-GO-ROUND. 



James E. Reany, Proprietor. 

forg-et fun and rest. These were a large part of the 
ideal. So he and some friends set to work to mater- 
ialize his plans and am])le provision was made for 
every line they had thought out. 

John McClure's farm was purchased for $8,500. 
It was about one hundred and seventy-five acres. 
Right in the center of the park was the Lynce lot of 
seven and one-half acres. For this the Exposition 
Com])any exchanged about seventy-five acres of the 
land on the west side of the farm they had purchased. 
The grounds were cleared up, Fred F. Foust being 
one of the workers, so that this gentleman, still inter- 
ested in the Park, was one of its pioneers. Mr. Lynce 
was allowed to move his barn off the farm. Thus 
was secured this place on the lake, to be developed 
from a little picnic place and boat landing into a 
national institution. 

Tlie Exposition Park Company was formed in April, 
1892, with $25,000 stock, with ten per cent guaran- 
teed. The incorporators were A. C. Huidekoper, 
Samuel B. Dick. Cyrus Kitchen, Meadville, Pa. ; Frank 

Check and Cloak Room 

At Exposition Park. 

The only privileged place for checking 
baggage and parcels. Kept safe and con- 
venient at small cost till you leave the 
Park. Next door to Long's Cafe. 



W. A. KEEN. Proprietor 



Dr. C. L. WILLIAMS, 

Residence, HARMONSBURG, PA. 

Direct Telephone Connection 
with Exposition Park, Pa. 

All calls promptly answered day or night. 

Mantor, Conneantville. Pa.; S. H. Wilson, Linesville. 
Pa. 

In January i8, 1895, Superintendent Mantor died. 
Of him Mr. A. C. Huidekoper said : "No company 
ever lost the services of an officer more loyal, ener- 
getic and enthusiastic;. . . .ever faithful, vigilant and 
omnipresent; ever battling- for the right; ever extend- 
ing a pure and beneficent tone to his work; always in 
harness, early and late." 

John S. Kean became superintendent in 1895, and 
continued in that office till his death in August of 1896. 
He was an active and efficient officer. Mrs. Mantor 
was elected superintendent and carried on the Park 
during the years of 1897 ^^'^^ 1898. Mr. E. D. Com- 
stock leased the grolmds in 1899 and 1900. The 
"Bessemer" leased for 1901, and re-leased for ten years 
beginning 1902, with an option for purchase for five 
years. 

The success of the Park has not been so mucli in 
tlie line of the exposition idea; but it has become one 
of the best known places in any state for summer tour- 

The G. H. Cutter Lumber Co. 

: : DEALERS IN : : 
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Paints and Oils, 
Builders' Hardware, Plate and Sheet 
Glass, Building and Roofing Paper. 

Office and Yards, corner Erie MFAnV/II IF DA 

Railroad and Poplar Street. /'ILML/ V ILLL, TM. 



ists and for the gathering of church and other con- 
ventions. Both the Baptists and the United Presby- 
terians have held synods and associations at the Park ; 
the Grangers held an institute ; there have been W. C. 
T. U. conventions; the National G. A. R. encamp- 
ment ; Byron W. King conducted here a school of ora- 
tory; and there was held in 1897, a "Western Penn- 
sylvania Normal Assembly." 

Among the noted men who have spoken in the 
great Auditorium Hall may be mentioned William 
McKinley, John S. Logan, Jeremiah Rusk, Senator 
Peffer, Joseph C. Sibley, "Sockless" Jerry Simpson, 
John J. Ingalls. 

THE PARK OF TODAY. 

The Park is not only popular, as it well deserves to 
be, but is interesting and delightful. The public build- 
ings on the grounds are the Power House, the Pavil- 
ion, the Auditorium, cool and comfortable and seat- 
ing one thousand five hundred people ; Assembly Hall, 
Office, Railroad Station ; there is a large coffee house 
for the convenience of picnic crowds; there are base- 
ball grounds and a bicycle track ; and numerous tables 
and seats for picnics in the grove. 

There are fine spots for camps, in South Park next 
the lake shore, and back of base ball grounds. And 
tents, with all furnishings, may be rented. 

Many are the improvements one notes. New or 
remodeled buildings are everywhere. The manage- 
ment deserves praise for the barrel ice-fountains placed 
all over the grounds. These have coils of pipe which 
hold the water and the ice gives it a delicious cool- 
ness without the objection of its being ice-water. The 
Park is even more attractive than in former years. 
Clean and well drained, these grounds offer a most 
healthful place for rest and enjoyment. Everything 
has been done for tourists' comfort and with the gen- 
ial and courteous people who entertain the crowds, 
strangers are sure of a welcome that leaves such kindly 
remembrances as will bring them back again. 

All who do business on the grounds do so' under 
a special concession. Their names and lines of busi- 
ness follow : Grocery, John McCafferty ; the exclusive 
milk privilege, ice cream, etc., at the Log Cabin, R. 
C. Jackson: restaurants and dining halls, G. W. 
Phelps. F. F. Foust, S. Echols, H. B. Terrill. Miller 
Brothers : furnished rooms with board. Miss Lou Law- 
rence. Mrs. Ed. Affantranger. Andrew Kessel ; hotels. 



Exposition Hotel, H. O. Holcomb, Mantor House, 
Mrs. James Reany; lodging houses, the Aldine, F. F. 
Foi:st ; refreshment stands, John l>ong, C. Smith, 
Mrs. James ^McDowell, A. H. Price; photos, W. W. 
Wilt, G. W. Phelps; photo buttons, A. Gould; pop- 
corn fritters. Miller Brothers; souvenirs, — glass novel- 
ties, Henry Miller, — badges, L Newman, — return 
balls, Mrs. Rosa Rodgers, — shells. Miss Mary Moul- 
tlirop, post mistress ; dry goods, the Hub, Mrs. Mary 
J. Lucas ; amusements, bath house, Conneaut Lake 
Bathing Company; merry-go-round, T. N. Horton; 
roller coaster, Conneaut Lake Amusement Company; 
shooting gallery, J. P. Moyer; bowling alley, James 
Reany; striking machine and air rifie practice, Mrs. 
Rosa Rodgers ; illusion museum, B. D. Hays ; great 
western ball game, R. C. Christy; the haunted swing, 
William M. Keefe; hot candy, Mr. Mills; livery, 
Charles Ramsey; bicycle school, George Litwilder; 
boats and cottages for rent by the company. 

^e Conneaut Lzwke Hunting' and Fishing Club. 

ICELY situated, with a fine view up and 
down the lake, between Oakland Beach and 
Hotel Carman, is the club house of the Con- 
neaut Lake Hunting and Fishing Club. The 
president of the club is Philip Willett, Esq., of Mead- 
ville. Other members of the board are Alfred Nunn, 
Meadville, Pa., Hon. George Danbrook, Pittsburg, 
Pa. This is a chartered club for the preservation of 
game and fish, and for social entertainment. There 
is a monthly meeting during the season, and a general 
meeting twice a year. There are twenty-two mem- 
bers, comprising sportsmen in Meadville, Greenville, 
Sharon, Youngstown, xAkron, Cleveland, Pittsburg, 
and other places. 

New^ Feed Stable. 

H. A. DAVIS, PROP.. 

THE LORD HOUSE BARN. 

CONNEAUT LAKE, PA. 




Also a full new line of up-to-date BUGGIES and 
HARNESS which I will offer to the public. 

This is an entirely new stock — just put in. 
You will do well to call before going else- 
where if you want a buggy or harness. 

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ALL ABOUT THE SCHOOLS. 

T' HE history of Conneaut Lake shows a steady 
development in matters of education. Edu- 
cation beg-an with a "log college" close to the 
first log "meeting- house" near the spot occu- 
pied by the Soldiers' Monument. In the romance of 
'"Konneaut Lake," occurs this description: "The 
school-house stood on a common near the church. It 
was a much better house than the ordinary houses of 
the country. Like the c h u r c h 
edifice, it was built of 
hewn timber and covered with 
shingles. It had peculiarities which 
made it famous. It had glass 
windows; it was provided with a 
few separate desks, and it was 
heated with a stove. The house 
was exactly square and it was 
large enough to accommodate si.xtv n , ^ , «» ,, 

o o - Prof. M. J. Miller. 

or seventy scholars." 

So much for the first school-house. There were 
early teachers. The first in Conneaut Lake was named 
Leffenwell ; and he held forth to the "young idea" in 
the notable building described in the romance, as 
quoted above. Another early teacher was Caroline 
Lindsay. Probably the first school in the township 
was taught by James McEntire, grandfather of Rev. 
O. G. McEntire, of the Erie Conference, in 1805, for 
$10 a month, in the cabin of Daniel Miller, great- 
o-randfather to Alonzo Miller, and a host of others of 
tl'iis well known family. John Gelvin and several 
others who attended this school, went the next year 
on Burr's expedition, and a number of his pupils 
served in the war of 18 12. 

Prof. Jesse W. McMichael, who lives at Shermans- 
ville, has probably a distinction that no other teacher 
in the country can duplicate. He held certificate No. 
15 from S. S. Sears, who was the first county super- 
intendent, after the law providing for that office was 
passed in 1854. Only after the year 1900 did Prof. 
McMichael give up the work of teaching, making him 
almost half a century of that noble calling. He is. 
without a doubt, the veteran teacher of Crawford 
county. 

There was another log school-house in the village, 
which stood where Mr. Amos Burch's residence 
stands. Then came a frame building — the first of it.s 
kind in the township. It occupied the lot now owned 

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Allegheny College, 

MEADVILLE, PA. 

Good Traditions, Ip^ 

Strong Faculty 

Unsurpassed Location 
Reasonable Expenses 

by the M. E. church where the parsonage stands. The 
old building- may be seen today on James Shellito's 
lot in use as a barn. 

Another building was procured and proved inade- 
quate for the schools of the place. It may be seen 
remodeled into the fine looking dwelling of Mr. 
Moss. While this school-house was in use, the people 
of the village remodeled the Presbyterian church in 
order to use the second story for academic purposes. 
This school proved quite a success. Charles E. White, 
Erie agent at Stony Point, was one of the principals in 
the high school held at the church building. After a 
few years there was built a part of the brick iJuilding. 
The other part was added and so the town has a splen- 
did school house, containing four rooms. Since then 
rapid strides have been made in education. Prof. M. 
J. Miller, the genial and popular principal, has filled 
this position since 1894, to the eminent satisfaction of 
all in the borough, and the numerous persons outside 
who have paid tuition in order to have their children 
attend an advanced school. 

Moss Brothers, 

M.\NUFACTURERS OF 



ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER 

Mouldings, Turnings, Brackets, and Interior 
Finish. Boat building and oars a specialty. 



COUP2.SES OF STUDY 

I, Classical. II. Latin and Scientific. III. Latin ami 

Modern Language. IV. English and Modern 

Language. V. Civil Engineering. 

LIBERAL ELECTIVES. GOOD LABORATORIES, 

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A first-class Preparatory School connected with the college offers 
unusual advantages to those who lack only one or two studies of 
being ready for the Freshman class. : : : : 

Write for catalogue and other information to 

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During- the past eight years fifty-two have gradti- 
ated from the high school. The course of study 
includes rhetoric, literature, algebra, physical geogra- 
Ijhy. latin, zoology, botany, philosophy, geometry, gen- 
eral history, book-keeping, and pedagogy, in addition 
to the common branches. 

The school board at present is constituted as fol- 
lows : Harvey Thomas, S. A. Harshaw, W. B. Car- 
man, G. B. Livingstone, Victor Dennis and E. T. 
Moss. Other teachers for the past year have been, 
intermediate, Miss Stella Doan ; primary, Miss Lulu 
Brown. 




Dr. H. L. brush, 

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 

OFFICE OPPOSITE AKLINGTO.N HOTEL. 

COXNEAUT LAKE, PA. 



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Tlu' Scliool Huildinu. <.-niRjui I .ik 



ALL ABOUT THE CHURCHES. 



V 



ERV early among the 
preachers. And here 
Conneant Lake we 
movements w 

and church 



pioneers came the 

and there around 

can trace gospel 

lich resulted in church begin- 

buildino-s. It is difficult 



nmgs 

to decide which denomination first held forth the gos- 
pel to the settlers around the Lake. From several 
sources it might have come, and each might have been 
the earliest. But that does not sc much matter, as 
that the bodies of Christian people are interested to 
send forward the Gospel after the men who have left 
the old communities to build homes in new places. 
Certain it is that the early pioneers had early oppor- 
tunity to hear the Word. 



EDINBORO 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 

Fall term begins September 2, 1902. 
Fall term closes December 19, 1902. 
Winter term opens December 29, 1902. 
Winter term closes March 27, 1903. 
Spring term opens March 31, 1903. 
Spring term closes June 25, 1903. 

For particulars address 

John F. Bigler, Principal, Edinboro, Pa. 



Four men might be named who doubtless were 
heard by the first people of Sadsbury township. Rev. 
Elisha McCurdy and Rev. Joseph Stockton, both 
licensed to preach the Gospel by the Presbytery of 
Ohio on the 26th of June, 1799, at the church of Upper 
Buffalo, Washington county, Pa. Rev. Daniel McLean, 
a Seceder minister, also from Washington county, and 
Rev. R. R. Roberts, in 1816 made a bishop of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, born on a farm in 
Ligonier, Westmoreland county. Pa. 

Roberts moved to what is now Salem, and a ]\Ieth~ 
odist church is known to have been organized there in 
the year 1798; and in the few years that followed. 
Roberts made ineffectual attempts to start a Methodist 
church in Mead\-iHe, and engaged in a wide range of 
preaching, so that there is reason to suppose that he 
preached in the flourishing settlements that were 
formed in this section of the coimtry. 

IMcLean, in 1801, organized at Shenango, the first 
congregation of his denomination in the county. His 
people extended almost to Conneautville on the north 
and to Greenville on the south. "From his abundant 
and faithful labors have sprung all the congregations 
in this part of the county," says an eminent minister. 
That means that the early Seceders here have received 
his ministration; and no doubt were organized by him. 
McCurdy and Stockton, upon being ordained in 
1799, were sent on a missionary tour to what is now 
Mercer, Crawford and Erie counties. They preached 
at Meadville. at Davis', on French creek, at the Outlet 
of Conneaut I>ake,. and at house of a Mr. Wilson, on 
the margin of the Pymatuning Swamp. During iSoo. 
Mr. Stockton received an invitation to preach statedly 
at Meadville. and in 180T he was installed as pastor 
over that church and Little Sugar Creek (Cochran- 
ton). and continued in that relation till 18 10. Tt is 
probable that he founded the Presbyterian congrega- 
lion here sometime during those years. But none oi 
these earlv records definitelv settle the claim of prior- 
it v. 

Abner Evans, founder of the village, gave a piece 
of ground. John McClure and his neighbors built 
there of hewn logs the well-remembered church. Tt 
was dedicated by Rev. Joseph Stockton. The date wa.-^ 
earlier than 1815. i)erha]:)s five or six years. This was 
the first church at Conneaut Lake, and while it appears 
to ha\'e ]:>een owned by the Presbyterians, it was used 
bv all denominations. This "meeting-house" stood 



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Axle Grease, Lubricating Oil, Harness Oil, 
Neats' Foot Oil, Castor Oil, Lap Dusters, 
Whips, Gall Cure, the 'Daisy Shoo-Fly" 
for preventing flies on cattle and horses. 

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on the little public square of the village, almost 
surrounded by low underbrush. In connection with 
the church was the burial place of the settlement, long 
since changed to other cemeteries, and the space thus 
occu])ied is now used for dwelling-house or shop. 

Mr. William McMichael, in his romance of "Kon- 
neaut Lake," a book found in many of the homes, 
describes this early "meeting-house," in chapter II., as 
follows : "It stood on a common about seventy-five 
yards from the bank of the lake, amidst clusters of low 
bushes. It was a large, heavy structure, built of hewn 
logs and covered with shingles. It had three large 
doors, — one in each end and one in the side, opposite 
the pulpit. The external aspect of the building was 
unattractive. The interior was still less pleasing. The 
pulpit, standing at the side, was large and rough." 

After some years, the Seceders erected, one-half 
mile off to the east of the Lake, the first frame church 
in the township. This was used for their worship 
until after the convention. May 26, 1858, in Pittsburg, 
when the LTnited Presbyterian church was organized. 



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} D. G. SNODG RASS, 

Physician and Surgeon, t 

OFFICE. MAIN STREET. » 

CONNEAUT LAKE, PA. I 



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C. B. DENNIS, 

. . DENTIST . . 
CONNEAUT LAKE, PA. 




A change Avas made to tlie new name and new order of 
things, and in 1864 the present neat and attractive 
church was built on the southeast corner of High and 
Fourth streets, Conneaut Lake. Rev. J. Hartford 
McCormick is pastor. 

The old log church was torn down, the grounds 
sold and the proceeds were applied to the building of 
the large two-story church on Fifth street. That was 
in 1 83 1, and is the present Presbyterian house of 
worship. There is no pastor, services being conducted 
by supplies at present. 

In 1839 the Methodist people, having procured a 
lot in the Aldenia Addition, erected the frame build- 
ing which after sixty years of use, was torn down to 
give place to the elegant and modern brick structure, 
which, by much labor and sacrifice, they have procured 
for their worship. It was dedicated February 23, 
J902, bv Bishop Fowler, and the finances were super- 
vised by Mr. J. W. Powell, of Buffalo. John A. 
Lavely is the pastor. 



is stocked with a complete line of 
jPlH l<irad.s of FI^ESM: IxrEjOs-TS, 

F-X3:E^, ZBOLOCJISTjOs. and l^IlSrCELID tijPs.3xrS. 

Give me a call. I will endeavor to serve you 

promptly. Meats delivered anywhere 

around the lake. 

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U. p. Church and I'aisonase, Conneaut Lake. 



A Forgotten Village — Aldeni^.. 



ALDENIA, the poetical name of Conneaut 
Lake's forgotten village, was founded and 
named by Rev. Timothy Alden, D.D.. in 
1828. It lies just north of the early village 
of Evansburg. Not deserted, as Oliver Goldsmith's, 
for it today forms a flourishing part of the village of 
Conneaut Lake, but forgotten, that is the fate of Mr. 
Alden's ideal village, Aldenia. 

It was laid out on a two hundred acre tract ]:)ur- 
chased by him from Henry Royer in 18 18. The 
original plot contained ninety-five lots, a hollow scjuart, 
a public common, and a lot reserved for a church, 
lliat showed the religious and public spirit of this 



J. B. SCOTT, 



DEALER IN 



Choice Groceries 

Family ^^^ ^^ 

Fine Queensware, All Household 
Supplies, and Notions. 

Our Motto: PURE GOODS AND CLOSE PRICES. 

Conneaut Lake, Pa. 

Main Street, next door to Nelson's Furniture Rooms. 
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DR. a. W. FOULK, 

Physician and Surgeon. 

CONNEAUT LAKE, PA. 

OFFICE, REAR ODD FELLO'tVS' BLOCK. 

Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. and 6 p. m. to 9 p. m. 



early founder and builder of Crawford county. The 
lot denominated for the church is the one now occu- 
pied by the residence of Mrs. M. M. Dennis. 

Mr. Alden was the founder of Allegheny College 
in 1815, and its president from that time to 1833, 
Avhen the college was turned over to the M. E. church. 
Rev. Robert Johnson, Presbyterian pastor here at 
that time, was vice president and one of the professors. 

A Lily Tru^y-t. 

Once the Pittsburg Dispatch quoted from a London 
paper, saying that the Conneaut Lake water lilies are 
the largest known. 

The boys used to have a water lily trust and would 
not sell under fifty cents per dozen or five cents apiece. 
If any one did his stock was raided and he was 
^'crushed" out of business. 

A boy, who is a well-known man now, \\'hen he was 
fourteen made $25 or more in a week selling water 
lilies. Business like that for a boy could easily be 
developed into a trust. 



C. C. TK^ELAND, 

Refracting 
Optician . . 

Monthly visits to Andover, Ohio, 

Cambridge Springs, Pa., Cocliran- 

ton. Pa, and Greenville, Pa. 



Invites inquiry at any of the above places as to his ability to 
master the most difficult cases. Easy and perfect fitting glasses 
relieving all troubles from eye strain, at prices that won't hurt you. 

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M E. Church, Conneaut Lake. John A. Lavely, Pastor. 



All About the Lake Village. 

OXx\EAUT LAKE is composed of Aldenia 
and Evansburg. Aldenia has a separate 
chapter. Evansburg- was founded 1)y the 
pioneer, Airier Evans. He patented the two 
tracts of land containing the village and adjoining it 
on the east and south, and settled on the site as early 
as 1796. Consequently this is one of the oldest vil- 
lages in the county. It was incorporated as a bor- 
ough on August 9, 1858. Beautifully situated at the 
Outlet of Conneaut Lake, the place has had a some- 
what varied and romantic career. This is true of its 
business history, but there is a tragic side to this career. 
Once it was 

A DESERTED VILLAGE. 

^^llen the lake was raised for the Beaver & Erie 
Canal reservoir, there were thousands of acres of 
overflowed land covered with vegetable matter. This 
decomposed. Malaria and everything akin to it 
resulted. It was a poisoned lake and a diseased com- 
munity. Frogs and fish to the extent of tons and tons 
died in the waters of the lake. The people were terror- 
stricken. Many left. So many that at a time a 
stranger hapiiening to pass through wrote an article 
ci.nd spoke of the i:)lace as a deserted village. Street 
doors were open; dead in one room, dying in another; 
and not well people enough to care for the sick or 
burv the dead. Some of the people who fled never 
came back ; others did. To the place it was a fearful 
.^hock. It was one of the tragedies of canal construc- 
tion. But in a few years the decomposition was over, 
the air cleared of its malaria : after a while the lake 
was lowered again, and without a doubt this delightful 
lake region is today the healthiest spot between the 
Great Lakes and the Gulf. 

With its new and appropriate name of Conneaut 
Lake, changed after considerable agitation by petition 
from Evansburg, it continues in its course, an honor to 
the lake and county, a wide awake, anti-license, busi- 
ness town, with good schools and good churches. The 
burgess is Mr. ]. M. Nelson. The council is com- 
posed of Jason Scott. Samuel First. F. J. Moss, Solo- 
mon DeArment. Charles Ramsey. J- G. Allen. Le 
Verne First is constable and John Richards is high 
constable. A. M. Mason is street commissioner. 




1. O. O. F. Hal 



CoNNEAUT Lake Pharmacy, 

- " - RANKIN BROS.. FROrRiETORS •- - ••» 

I, O. O. F. BLOCK. CONNEHUT LRKE, FA. 

PHYSICIANS' PRESCRiniONS CAREFULLY COriFOUNDED. 

Headquarters for Fishinc; Tackle, Fine Confections, 
Soda Water, and Books and Magazines. 

BRRNCH STORE RT EXFOSITIONFHRK. 




Interior of Rankin Bros.' Drug Store. 
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HARDWARE 



Builders' Material, Paints, Oil, Varnish, 

Farm Implements and Tinware. 

The celebrated Glaus Shears, Scissors and Razors. 

Best in the world. Every pair warranted. 



Wilson Ralston, ^^^^.^o^o^J ^stJ^l- ^^• 



In the Early Day. 

HUNDRED years make ancient local his- 
tory. If not recorded then it dies, for the old 
people die and the young- forget. Local 
history is always interesting and frequently 
important. This chapter goes back more than a hun- 
dred 3^ears. To the vicinity of Conneaut Lake the 
earliest settlers came. 

In 1795, the legislature of the state passed an act 
granting four hundred acres of land to any person 
who would make an actual settlement for five years, 
clear and fit for cultivation twenty-five acres, and 
build a house. This was one incentive for early immi- 
gration. 

In the fall of 1794, Alexander Power and his 
brother, William, came to this county. In 1795 they 
were occupied in surveying for the state and locating 
lands. Alex Power located a tract of land on the inlet 



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Resetting Shoes, 40 cents. New Shoes Furnished, 80 cents. 
New Shoes Furnished by Customer, 50 cents. 

General Repairing of Machinery, Wagon 
Work, Guns, Bicycles, etc. Also full line 
of Bicycle Supplies always on hand. . 

J. C. Marram. Conneaut Lai^e. 

Near Bessemer Depot. 



J. M. and G. B. Nel^/^on, 



CONNEAUT LAKE. 

. . . Headquzwrtery for . . . 




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Professional Embalming. 



cii the head of Conneaiit Lake. In 1798, he buih there 
the first mill Avest of French creek. The ]\IcClures 
were other early settlers. There were John and James. 
Their descendants are resident yet of the communities 
between the lake and Conneautville. Adam Foust, a 
German, came from Berks county in 1797. His fam- 
ily consisted of eight sons and three daughters. He 
had one thousand three hundred acres of land. To 
each of his children he gave one hundred acres and an 
ax. It is needless to say that the axes were used when 
one sees the splendid farms on the east side of the lake. 
John Harper came in 1797 to the east side. Jacob 
Shontz came in 1800. His descendants still occupy 
the old homestead lands east of the lake. On that 
side John Ouigiey settled early. Henry Royer settled 
the land afterward purchased by Timothy Alden for 
the Aldenia plot. George Shellito has descendants 
still off to the west of Conneaut Lake. Daniel Miller, 
father of Michael Miller, settled a mile south of the 
town, on what is now the A. Mellon place. Lindsey 



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OF NELSONS. 

j!i$ They have the best. 
New goods. New prices. 

\ ^^ Strictly up-to date. 

J. M. AND a. B. NELSON, 

Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. 

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1877 

Stock valued at 

$2,000 



1902 
Stock valued at 

$20,000 



Harvey Thomas, 



DEALER IN 



General Merchandise, 

CONNEAUT LAKE, PA. 




Harvey Thomas' Business Block. 

Where you can find the largest and best selected stock 
of Dry Goods, Clothing that fits and suits the trade, 
Shoes that are the best makes for fit and wear, the 
celebrated "John Strootman" fine Shoes for ladies, the 
world-famous "Progress" Shirts, Ties, Collars, Cuffs. 



The most complete assortment of Jewelry. 
A full line of Staple and Fancy Groceries. 



When in town never fail to find me, as it is a pleasure 
to show the goods, sell or not. 

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was another early settler's name, also Nathan AIcClos- 
key. 

1 he old land patents are interesting to this gen- 
eratiun. Air. Gibson, just south of the lake, has the 
original parchment patent for the Nathan McCloskey 
tract. A tract, it might be explained, contained four 
hundred acres, plus six acres per hundred for roads. 
Each tract had a special name, that of the one in cjues- 
tion was "Hibernia." The patent reserves for the 
government one-tifth of the gold or silver that might 
be discovered. 

Ihe early settlers of this section had some danger 
from the Indians — just enough to add a spice to life, 
and enough to do with wild animals to furnish fim. 
The herceness of the Indians against the whites in 
this northwest portion of the state, is explained in a 
quotation from S. P. Bates in "Our County and its 
People." He says, "The Indians never made this sec- 
tion their home, having few wigwams or villages in 
all its limits, but from time immemorial they had kept 
this as a sort of a park or preserve for the breeding of 
their game. They may have felt aggrieved in seeing 
their favorite hunting grounds broken in upon." 

Mr. Adam Foust tells how deer used to be run into 
the lake, headed off in canoes and thus easily killed. 
He describes a bear fight his father had in the lake, 
which was cjuite lively for a wdiile. The bear was 
making for the land where Exposition Park is. Mr. 
Foust headed him off, and with the aid of the paddle 
splashed water in the bear's face to keep him back. 
Then he would make for the boat, but IMr. Foust 
did not desire such a partner in his canoe, and fought 
him off, calling all the time for some one to help. Mr. 
John McClure and a l)oy soon came, armed with an 
ax. An unlucky stroke hit the boat instead of the 
bear, and the ax flew out of McClure's hands into the 
water. Then the boy went for a gun. This was tried, 
but the flint of the old flint lock was broken and fell 
into the water. The boy went again for a new flint. 
It was secured ; and the bear, all this time headed off 
in the lake, was shot and proved to be a very big 
fellow. 

But those brave days are over; the Indians' game 
preserve is given up. and the game has vanished ; the 
forests, which here had all the characteristics of our 
American primeval solitudes, are cleared away, and a 
new kind of a day upon the lake has dawned. 



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Custom work a specialty promptly attended to 

and satisfaction guaranteed. 

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CONNEAUT LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA. 

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All About the Business. 



THIS chapter is devoted to a review of all the 
attempts, the successes and failures, of busi- 
ness and manufacture at Conneaut Lake, 
and will contain an ample statement of the 
flourishing business and bright outlook today. There 
have been several distinct phases of the business life 
of this place. First there was the business incident to 
the life of the early settlements; then there was the 
canal period; this was followed by the railroad period; 
and this has been varied somewhat into a fourth phase 
in which the business of the lake as a summer resort 
])redominates. Mr. Charles Stratton, of Freeport, Pa., 
in an interesting letter to the writer, gives a good 
glimpse of the early business : 

"Perhaps the most prominent business man in the 
earlier history of the place was Joseph T. Cummings. 
I am not able to say in what year he came there, but 
my father was employed as clerk for him about 1822. 
I think he had a store on the bank of the lake about 
where the Pavilion stands, the rear extending over 
the water and supported by timbers. I remember see- 
ing the remains of the building. He had a log dwel- 
ling house near where the depot now stands. He did 
a large business with the surrounding country, extend- 
ing into Ohio, being the only store of any note in 
Pennsylvania west of Meadville. He bought cattle 
and horses and drove them over the mountains to 
Philadelphia. 

"Mr. Cummings was from Massachusetts, and was 
related to some of the best families in his native state. 
He died in the prime of life and left a family of more 
than ordinarily intelligent sons. Joseph P. built the 
tannery now occupied by William Delaney, and was 
accidently killed in the machinery about 1844. Charles 
birlt die house and store now occupied by R. A. Strat- 
ton, the store being used by his daughter as her mil- 
linery rooms. 

"Other persons prominent in the early history were 
Adam Stewart, father of Mrs. William Delaney, and 
Robert Stewart, his son. James R. Findley, Esq., was 
a leading citizen. My father, Franklin Stratton. 
walked out from Massachusetts when nineteen years 
old to Meadville in 1821, and the next year, as stated, 
was clerk and assistant to Mr. Cummings. My father 
settled the estate of the elder Cummings and succeeded 
him in business. He built the store which, in a changed 




This is the place to find up-to-date 
goods at the lowest prices. We 
have a fine complete line of Dry 
Goods ^ ^ ^ ^ 

A new line of Boots and Shoes, in- 
cluding Ladies' Slippers, Men's 
Working Shoes Jt Jt- Jti 

Nice, fresh and complete line of 
Groceries ^ ,^ .^ ^ 

Highest price paid for Produce, 
Butter and Eggs ^ ^ ^ 

We are in a new location — nearest 
to the boat landing — with enlarged 
stock, ready for a special sale or a 
bargain day every day tSt ^ 

Goods delivered all around the lake 
and orders taken daily »jt ^ 

Everybody is invited to call and see 
us at any time, buy or not buy ^ 



BOAL & CLARK 

CONNEAUT LAKE, PA. 




When in Meadvillc call on 
F. E. Van Patton, Jeweler, 
Cor. Water and Chestnut Sts. 



appearance, stands across the street from the one huilt 
later by Charles Cummings, now occupied by R. A. 
Stratton. In 1833, I think, be built the dam as feeder 
for the canal for the state across French creek at 
Bemustown, one mile above Meadville. Later he was 
a contractor on the canal. In 1839 or 1840 he built the 
house now occupied by Alonzo Miller ; and having 
moved his family to Meadville, he died there in 1846 
of the malignant fever contracted at the lake. Of the 
Benedict famih'. Willis and Robert were notable fig- 
ures. ^^■illis, a ])achelor who l3ecame rich for those 
days, died in Meadville. He built the store house and 
dwelling now occupied as the Lord Hotel. 

"Of the early manufacturing, I remember a foundry. 
I think it was built by Robert Stewart. A hat factory 
was in operation liy Rufus Hitchcock when I was a 
boy, and made fur hats as hard as a board, as I well 
remember. A tannery was 1:)uilt, I think by Henry 
Stratton, father of R. A. Stratton, and afterwards was 
carried on by James C. Stratton, and later by Hugh 
McKav, and others. There was also a tannery before 
referred to, now owned by W. H. Delaney. There 
were wagon shops operated by C. G. Vrooman, Nicho- 
las A^rooman, and l)y A. R. Stewart, now living. 

"lames Struthers, a canal contractor, who purchased 





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Ponce de Leon Mineral ^ 
Springs, Meadville, Penn. 
Concerts afternoon and even- 
ing «^ Hop every evening J^ 
Hungarian Court Orchestra 



J. Gillis <5c Son, 



General Blacksmithing. 



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solicited jt Quiet horses for lady drivers when desired .^ 

Office in Stratton's old livery stand, 

CONNEAUT LAKE, PA. 

Branch livery with good rigs always on hand at the 

Midway Stables. 

my father's store in abmit 1843, was a victim of the 
terrible malarial fever; also J. R. Finley, Esq., Rtifus 
Hitchcock, and many others who did not leave the 
fated town. I well remember as a boy there were not 
well persons enough to care for the sick in those 
dreadful days." 

Mr. R. A. Stratton recalls incidents of early busi- 
ness. He says it was no uncommon thing to see four 
or five fou.r or six luM-se teams ready to start for goods 
to Erie, to Pittsburg, and occasionally one to Phila- 
delphia. When the canal was built, about 1839. busi- 
ness took a great boom. Quantities of fine pine lum- 
ber were shipped at very low prices, staves were made 
and shipped. There was an ice industry: the house 
was near the present grist mill, and the ice was shipped 
to Pittsburg. 

To sum up the business, there have been here at 
different periods lumber and grist mills, distilleries, 
saloons, tanneries, an ashery. a foundry, a battery, and 
a silk worm industry. Most of these did well. But 
machinery, science and combinations of capital have 
gathered such works now to the great centers: or, 
beine evil, as the saloon and the distillery, public sen- 
timent has decreed their destruction. 



Hard and Soft Coal, Lime, Cement 

Always on hand and will be delivered anywhere 

P'ROM 

RICHARDS' COAL AND T.TME SHEDS. 

Draying promptly done all around the lake. 
JOHN R. RICHARDS, CONNE.^UT LAKE. PA. 



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The 
'teamer 

HARIE 



Home dock at the Park ^ Well equipped 
for private parties to take a delightful 
ride up or down or over the Lake ^ ^ 

Address the Captain, Fred Pearse, Exposition Park, P. 

Pred Pearse, Captain. 

Josiah Pearse, Engineer. 




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The Steamer Marie. 
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j{^ GOOD BOATS ^ 

^J- and plenty of them at Win. Van Camp's .f. 

T'' boat livery, just in front of the w 

w Conneaut Lake Pavilion. \f/ 

\^/ Specialty — Minnows for sale. Ahvavs \^/ 

^1 on hand through the entire season. vL 

»!■ All kinds of tishino- tackle to rent. vi. 

Our Villewge Enterprise a^nd the People Who Do 
the Hustling. 

ClOXNEAUT LAKE is the foremost village 
commercially, for its size in Crawford county. 
-Vnd it is confidently expected that there will 
l)e a rapid deveh^pment along all lines, hlere 
ha\'e been gathered a live, Avide-awake, aggressive set 
of business men, who are backed by the loyalty of a peo- 
ple who are social, generotis and public-spirited. They 
are identified with the following departments of busi- 
ness : General merchandise, Tififany's cash store. Har- 
vey Thomas, Boal & Clark ; grocery and crockery, J. B. 
Scott ; furnitiux and undertaking, Nelsons ; hardware, 
Wilson Ralston; harness, A. U. McKay; drugs, Ran- 
kin Bros. ; milling, Harshaw & Brother ; lumber, Moss 
Brothers, Henry Adsit ; contractors and builders, Nel- 
sons ; livery, Stratton & A\'atson. Charles Ramsey; feed 
stable, H. A. Davis; meat market, Phil. Gehr, W. B. 
Brown ; bakery and restaurant, Allen's Vienna ; millin- 
ery, Grace Stratton, Grace Lozier ; dress making, Mrs. 
( harles Neice, VIrs. Minnie Gelvin, Mrs. Charles Free- 
land, Rlla Dennis; blacksmithing, J. C. ]\Iarkam. John 
Gillis & S(Mi; drays. A. M. Mason. John R. Richards; 
coal, lime and cement. John R. Richards; bicycle and 
general repairing, J. C. IMarkam ; optician and jeweler, 
Charles Frecland ; painters and paper hangers, C. M. 
Young, Stewart McKay ; boat builders, Kellar & Allen, 



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W and Team Work \J: 

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TiemOQUOIS 

Seating- cdpacity for 130 people. 
Wholly enclosed in lime of storm. 

The Steamer Irocjuois is the oiil\' electric 

boat on the lake. 

Second largest and the fastest boat 

on Conneaut Lake. 

Do not fail to take a ride around our 

lovely lake on the Steamer 

Iroquois. 

H. L. Ouigley, Captain. 

A. V. Ouigley, Engineer. 

Heber Smith, Purser. 

H. C. QUIGLEY, Prop., Conneaut Lake. 




The Steamer Iroquois. 



Moss Brothers; hotels. New Ramsey. Lord ITonse. 
.'^rh'ngton, New Commercial; boarding houses, Mrs. 
Carrie Bryant, Mrs. A. Miller, Mrs. Victor Dennis, 
Mrs. Thomas Gehr; barber shop, Will Bealer ; i)hysi- 
cians and surgeons. Dr. H. L. Brush. Dr. D. G. Snod- 
g-rass, Dr. G. W. Foulk ; dentist. Dr. C. B. Dennis. 

The societies of the village are the 1. O. O. F., who 
lately dedicated a fine brick hall ; the Maccabees, the 
Mechanics, the Grangers. We have both a fine orches- 
tra and an excellent band. 

OTHER IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES. 

Conncauf Lake Ice. — Here is the Conneaut Lake Ice 
Company's extensive system of ice warehouses. The 
company was founded in 1880. Mr. A. C. Huidekoper 
is president and Colonel D. S. Richmond is manager. 
The plant consists of an office, a large shelter-hall for 
the men when eating their dinner, two giant elevators 
u ith engines appropriately strong, and the houses are, 
one 300x180x35 feet, the other 180x90x25 feet, but 
attached as one mammoth building. It has a capacity 
of 75.000 tons of ice. A lively winter scene is pre- 
sented during the ice-harvest, as Mr. Minis Shartle. 
the efficient foreman, leads his army of men and horses 
out to the sniooth ice field. It deserves to be said there 
never was a better body of water from which to gather 
a rare quality of pure ice. The lake lies far inland 
away from the contamination from rivers that run by 
large towns ; it is fed from springs of purest water, and 
is in everv respect unequaled for the pur])ose of fur- 
nishing ice. 

"Magaiv's Favorite." — The dairy interests of Con- 
neaut Lake and vicinity have had a great benefactor 
in Leon C. Magaw. This gentleman is manager of the 
Leon C . Magaw Cheese Company. The factory is sit- 
uated on the Outlet. George Himebaugh is the skill - 
f'-;! workman who changes the milk into "Magaw's 
Favorite" fancv. full cream cheese, known even on th<" 
Pacific coast and in Liverpool. The plant has been in 
operation fifteen years. 

Tlic Champion Tool Company. — Mr. George De 
Arment is the founder and the manager of this impor- 
tant industry. A large variety of tradesmen's tools are 
made: and here is a band of the most skilled workmen 
that can be found anywhere. It is consef|uently a great 



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You may judge our work by this little booklet 
about Conneaut Lake. Our solicitor will call if 
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The second largest and strongest and best. 
And one of the fastest and newest boats on 
the lake, having the only mariner's com- 
pass and the latest pattern of marine 
searchlight. The great excursion boat of 
Conneaut Lake. . ' . Captain Sullivan 
also has a fine furnished cottage for rent on 
the east side. Address all inquiries to 

THOMAS SULLIVAN, Captain and Owner, Conneaut Lake, Pa. 

Thomas Sullivan, Captain. 

Wayne Barber, Engineer. 

George Hall, First Mate. 




benefit to the town. Following is an item from the 
local columns of the Conncaut Lake Harbinger: 

"Hie Champion Tool Company received an order 
from King- Edward's horse shoer last week. The 
material will be used in the king's shoeing stables for 
his race horses." 

llie Little Missouri Sfoek Cuiii/^aiiy. — Air. A. C. 
liuidekoper, who has done much for this place and 
lake, has established here probably the largest horse 
stal)les in the United States. The horses are bred on 
North Dakota ranches, and brought here for breaking 
and sale. Air. Frank Gillis is the head horseman and 
larmer. Plundreds of horses have been in his charge 
at one time. But recently the demand direct from the 
rancli has been so great that the supply here has beev* 
cut off for the present. The stables are situated a lit- 
tle distance up the west side, to the north of the terrace. 

Riirnl Free Delivery. — Four routes center here. Mr. 
R. A. Stratton, postmaster, aided by Miss Henrietta 
Stratton, assistant postmaster, sends out for miles 
around the people's mail. The carriers are Miss Edith 
Shontz, C. A. Sherman. J. N. Scott, Cyrus McMichael. 
Not a day during the late severe winter but that every 
route was nearlv all, if not altogether, traveled. This 
fact drew especial praise from the rural deli\'ery 
inspector. 

Harbinger and Assembly. — Conneaut Lake's weekly 
paper is called the Harbinger, a paper devoted to local 
new s. Mr. William Clark, of Boal & Clark's, is man- 
ager and editor. There is also some effort being put 
^'ortli to establish an Assembly for lectures on general 
sulijects, and for instruction in special lines. A mea- 
sure of success has been attained, and further is hopeci 
for. Rev. W. J. Barton is the originator of both enter- 
prises. 

The Bessemer. — No place has better railroad accom- 
modations, or more obliging railroad men than Con- 
neaut Lake. The Bessemer, both main line and branch, 
offers the ]^eople a service not far from perfect. Every 
train in the summer runs into the Park, and twelve 
trains a day stop for passengers at Conneaut Lake. ' 
Mr. E. D. Comstock is the genial general passenger 
agent. Air. Maury has been recently promoted to be 
superintendent of the Park. Air. F. M. Canfield is the 
popular agent at the Outlet of the lake. 

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The Steamer Superior. 

MOSS BROS., Owners, Conneaut Lake, Pa. 




The Blue Boat with the Golden Eagle, the nobbiest 
on the lake for special parties or for a pleas- 
ure trip to any place at any time. 

Reasonable rates. 

E. T. Moss, Engineer. F. J. Moss, Pilot. 




The Little Red Boat House, in front of Lord and Ram- 
sey Hotels. Moss Bros.' Fleet of New Row Boats. 
For hire at the right price. 

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Iroquois Boating and Fishinff Club-House 



Iroquois Boating and Fishing Club. 



THE Iroquois Boating and Fishing Club was 
organized August 30, 1887, by a number of 
l^roniinent citizens of Aleadville, Pa. The 

oflicers were V. M. Delamater, president ; 

Sturgis T. Dick, vice president ; F. R. Shryock, secre- 
tary; and W. R. McCoy, treasurer. The original 
house, situated on the east side of the lake near what is 
known as Conneaut Fake Park, was finished and for- 
mally opened September 27, 1888. The house was 
afterwards enlarged by an addition on the east side. 
Fater the clul) purchased land back to the road, erected 
a l)arn, ser\-ants' quarters, and otherwise improved the 
property. The club is now in a most prosperous con- 
dition, having a full membership of over sixty. The 
house is ke]it open from June to November of each 
year, am])le room being provided for the lodging of its 
members, with facilities for meals and other club fea- 
tures. The lower floor is principally for boats, with 
dining room, kitchen and lavatory : upstairs, a large 
social room with bed room in rear. 

The officers for 1902 are John Dick, president; 
E. P. Cullum, secretary ; H. H. Fuller, treasurer ; who, 
with D. A. Gill, Charles Blystone, F. G. Prenatt, E. 
T. Fashells, James S. Hotchkiss and Alvah Johnston, 
form the board of directors. Charles Blystone is the 
house manager, and Air. and ]\Irs. W. FT. Ringgold 
are steward and stewardess. 



Ubc Steamer Conneaut. 



Seatino Capacity tor jf ift^. 
Bnelose^ in Uime ot Storm. 
/IDal^es Bll ot tbe XauMnos. 

Special IRates tor ipieasure parties. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



TlUlaUacc If^ellar, Captain. B. /lib. H^ellau, Bnginecu. 




The Steamer Conneaut. 
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R M. CANFIELD, 

Agent Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, 

Conneaut Lake, Pa. 



The Man whose specialty is 
Kailroad Tickets and Rail- 
road Questions . 



HARMONSBURG. 

The Old Village at the Head of the Lake. 



HjARMONSBURG is an old village, but it looks 
I fresh and new today for all its age. The 
streets, lined with trees, are delightful. 
There is a fine public spirit, as everything 
about the place shows. To begin with, the site was 
settled by Henry Broadt, now spelled Bright, in 1802. 
In 181 6, Mr. BrOadt laid out the village, and called it 
Harmonsburg, though for many years it was called 
Brightstown. The first house was built by Joseph 
AIcMurtry and occupied by him as a tavern. It stood 
about where the store of S. A. Cooper is, and was 
built of logs. One of the oldest of the business men 
now living is Mr. W. A. Keen, who began business in 
1870, and sold out to Mr. S. A. Cooper, where there 
is today a fine store. 

Among the business men there is much enterprise 
and hustle. In the various lines are the following: 
General merchandise, S. A. Cooper. Cooper <& Lin(ls~ 
ley; hardware, Faunce & Hawk: plumbing, roofing and 
spouting, W. E. Carnes: blocksmith shops, Leonard 
Rowewolf, Fred N. Jackson; repairing, T. B. Kelley; 
millinery, Mrs. F. E. Putnam; hotels, the Summit 
House, VV. E. Carnes, proprietor; insurance. Mutual 
Life, of New York, 'Squire Putnam ; physician and 
surgeon. Dr. C. L. Williams: flouring and saw mill, 
W. W. Luper; creamery, J. \\\ Rice: justices, F. E. 
Putnam. J. A. McMurtry; painter, H. E. Smith: paper 
hanger, J. B. Long; carpenters, IMonroe Williams, 

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>teamerSwaini 

special Rates to Private Parties, 
Siunday = Sclhioolls and CamperSo 



Boat Chartered to Responsible Parties 



AT REASONABLE RATES. 



Uuns Day and Night 



D. O. Dyer, Captain. A. D. Cutschall, Engineer. 




The Steamer Swan, Conneaut Lake. Pa. 
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The Trilby. 



Charles Shellito, Captain. 
Victor DeGroot, Engineer. Floyd Shellito, Conductor. 



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Capacity 50 Passengers. 



Always at your service, day or night, 
to make a train or a pleasure trip. 



Address Conneaut Lake, Pa. 



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While we are having prosperous times, it will 
pay you to hustle and make and save all the 
money you can. You can save money by buy- 
in q- your 



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OF 



S. A. COOPER, 

The Up-to-Date Merchant, 

HARMONSBURG, PA. 




We also have the only wagon 
privilege for Groceries on 
Exposition Park .... 



Watch for Our Yellow Wheels. 



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Jackson & Kelley, 



All kinds of Iron and Wood Work promptly done and at 
reasonable cost. Cabinet repairing a specialty. 

Harmonyburg, Pa. 



Isaac Foust, James Gifford, R. M. Dickson ; millwright, 
John Martin. The postmaster is R. M. Dickson. 
There is a hack line to the Park. 

The school is one of the points of local pride. The 
first frame school house may be seen as an unoccupied 
blacksmith shop in the center of the villag-e. The tine 
new brick building, in use now, has a nice location for 
the purpose. It is a township high school, where the 
advanced pupils of the entire township may attend 
free. Mr. J. A. McMurtry is given the credit of hav- 
ing been the instigator of the movement that secured 
this school. Mr. S. A. Cooper, the merchant, was the 
first teacher under the new order, and taught for some 
years. Prof. C. W. Cubbison is the principal ; Prof. 
Elmer Yokes is teacher of No. 2 ; Mrs. Lizzie McClure, 
No. 3. The way the cemetery is kept up shows taste 
and public spirit. 

There are two churches, the Presbyterian, at pres- 
ent without a pastor; the Methodist Episcopal pastor. 
Rev. S. G. Gillette. Within a few years an elegant 
little church has been erected by this congregation. 
There is a good town hall for public entertainments, 
lectures, etc. 

Harmonsburg has had a 'squire with a remarkable 
record, Mr. William Putnam. From a paper giving a 
sketch of his life is gathered the following: He was 
elected justice of the peace in 1842, and was reelected 
for ten terms, making fifty years of a record. He 
was one of the best citizens of western Crawford. 

And Harmonsburg has a great newspaper corres- 
pondent at present, J. A. McMurtry. He has written 
the local news of the lake and vicinity for many 
years. He writes for the Meadville Star and Gazette, 
and a number of papers print his weekly news letters. 
From the ConucautviUc Courier is taken an item that 
ought to interest the people of the lake. It says : "Our 




M. E. Church, Harmonsburg, Pa. 



llannonsbiirg- correspondent, Mr. J. A. McMurtry. by 
liis letters in the Courier, has done more than an}^ other 
person in bringing Conneant Lake into prominence as 
a pleasure resort." 

May this little town flourish more and more; and 
all around the lake work to make the lake what it 
deserves to be, — the greatest summer resort and resi- 
dence place in the three states. Some day it will be. 

Harmonsburg has had a boy who is now famous 
in insurance circles, Mr. George W. Luper. He was 
one of the early teachers in the high school. He was 
insurance commissioner at Harrisburg for twelve years 
under Pattison and BeaA-er. He is to-day general 
manager of the Security Trust and Life Insurance 
Company, of New York City, where his office is in the 
St. James Building. 






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FAUNCE cV HAWK, 



DEALERS IN 



aENERAL HARDA\ ARE 

HARNKSS, FAKSI IMPLT^MENTS. 



^^ Harness and Bicycle Repairing neatly and promptly done 

UM HARMONSBURG. PA. 

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JUL. 9 1902 



M. E. CAJRNES, 



DEALER IN 



Stoves, Tinware, Shclfware, | 

Sanitary Plumbing, Repairing of all ^ 

kinds, Roofing and Spouting a speci- W 

alty. All work guaranteed ... K 

HARMONSBURG, PA. | 




The Summit House. 



SUMMDT HOUSE, 

=== HarmonsIbiLir^c Pa. ^= 



AT THE HEAD OF CONNEAUT LAKE. 

SUMMER BOARDING A SPECIALTY. 

^Good table — Comfortable rooms — Rates reasonable. 

Feed stable accommodations in connection with 
hotel. Hack line from hotel to Expo- 
sition Park. 

Correspondence solicited. 

W. E. CARNES, Proprietor. 

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CASH STORE. 
CONNEAUT LAKE, PA. 



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HERE YOLT A\ ILL FIND 

A superb I nc of Dry Goods. 

A magnificent line of Clothing. 

A complete line of Shoes. 

A fresh line of Groceries. 

A bright line of Fancy Goods. 

A beautiful line of China. 

A big line of Gents' Furnishings. 

A full line of Bathing Suits. 

A store worthy of your patronage. 



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